ArticlePediatric research2019
Impact of a Make-A-Wish experience on healthcare utilization.
Article in Pediatric research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Fulfilling end-of-life dreams: A scoping review of bucket lists in palliative and hospice care.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Wish-Granting Interventions Promote Positive Emotions in Both the Short and Long Term in Children with Critical Illnesses and Their Families.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Good Wishes Project: An End-of-Life Intervention for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness.Palliative medicine reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the impact of receiving a wish from the Make-A-Wish STUDY
designMake-A-Wish
resultsFrom 2011 to 2016, 496 Nationwide Children's Hospital patients received a wish. We matched these patients to 496 controls based on age, gender, disease category, and disease complexity. Patients who received a wish were 2.5 and 1.9 times more likely to have fewer unplanned hospital admissions and emergency department visits, respectively. These decreases were associated with a higher likelihood (2.3-fold and 2.2-fold greater odds) of the wish achieving a savings benefit compared to hospital charges.
conclusionsParticipation in the Make-A-Wish
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